Lula gathers his counterparts from the southern cone to ask them to park ideological differences and act as a bloc. The purpose of the meeting was not, formally, to end the isolation of Chavismo but to promote South American integration.

Lula has made no secret that he would like to resurrect Unasur, but he wants to listen to his counterparts. And it's far from clear that everyone else will embrace that plan. It would be a question of overcoming the stage of entities converted into clubs of friends of the left.